The Book of Leviticus: Composition and Reception (Supplements to Vetus Testamentum) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1589832515 ISBN 13: 9781589832510

Publisher: Society of Biblical Literature, 2006

Synopsis

This volume examines the formation, final form, themes, and interpretation of the Book of Leviticus. Contributors include well-known experts on Leviticus: Baruch Levine, Jacob Milgrom, Graeme Auld, Andreas Ruwe, and James Watts address Leviticus in its compositional and literary context; Alfred Marx, Mary Douglas, Walter Houston, and Adrian Schenker treat issues of cult and sacrifice; and Rene Peter-Contesse, Lester Grabbe, and Calum Carmichael discuss Leviticus on the priesthood. A groundbreaking section on Leviticus in translation and interpretation includes essays by Sarianna Metso and Eugene Ulrich, Martin McNamara, David Lane, Peter Flint, Robert Kugler, Bruce Chilton, Hannah Harrington, Gerhard Bodendorfer, Linda Schearing, and Judith Romney Wegner. These essays will serve students of Leviticus well for long time to come.

About this title

About the Author

Robert A. Kugler is the Paul S. Wright Professor of Christian Studies at Lewis & Clark College, Portland, Oregon. He is the author of Leviticus at Qumran (Brill, forthcoming). Rolf Rendtorff is Professor Emeritus, University of Heidelberg. He has published extensively on the Pentateuch, and particularly on Leviticus and topics related to it.

Edition details

• Publisher: Society of Biblical Literature
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1589832515
• ISBN 13: 9781589832510
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 496
• Editor: Rendtorff Rolf, Kugler Robert A.